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The New York Times bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examination of modern identity politics its origins, its effects, and what it means for domestic and international affairs of stateIn 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatened to destabilize the entire international order These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to the people, who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole.Demand for recognition of one s identity is a master concept that unifies much of what is going on in world politics today The universal recognition on which liberal democracy is based has been increasingly challenged by narrower forms of recognition based on nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, or gender, which have resulted in anti immigrant populism, the upsurge of politicized Islam, the fractious identity liberalism of college campuses, and the emergence of white nationalism Populist nationalism, said to be rooted in economic motivation, actually springs from the demand for recognition and therefore cannot simply be satisfied by economic means The demand for identity cannot be transcended we must begin to shape identity in a way that supports rather than undermines democracy Identity is an urgent and necessary book a sharp warning that unless we forge a universal understanding of human dignity, we will doom ourselves to continuing conflict. Free Read [ Identity ] by [ Francis Fukuyama ] – kino-fada.fr 5 stars for the first half, 3 stars for the solution and a big 0 for a few chapters toward the end The book begins with a brisk walk thru Western civilization as it went from village life to industrial life and from Catholicism thru Reformation and then Nietzsche So far so good The thesis is that people started measuring themselves by their inner lives as opposed to their kin and village ties as society was fragmented Then he moves through the American founding and another super speedy synth 5 stars for the first half, 3 stars for the solution and a big 0 for a few chapters toward the end The book begins with a brisk walk thru Western civilization as it went from village life to industrial life and from Catholicism t...This is required reading, because with this book, Fukuyama is clearly on to something At the core, he discusses how we can overcome political polarization and strenghten our democratic systems In order to grasp the underlying current that drives today s discussions and gave rise to TrumpismWith regard to character, it was hard to imagine an individual less suited to be President of the United States, Fukuyama tackles identity politics and you know what My guess it that most people wh This is required reading, because with this book, Fukuyama is clearly on to something At the core, he discusses how we can overcome political polarization and strenghten our democratic systems In order to grasp the underlying current that drives today s discussions and gave rise to TrumpismWith regard to character, it was hard to imagine an individual less suited to be President of the United States, Fukuyama tackles identity politics and you know what My guess it that most people who read this review will have a strong emotional response to the expression alone welcome to the heart of the problem To say it rig...The modern concept of identity unites three different phenomena The first is thymos, a universal aspect of human personality that craves recognition The second is the distinction between the inner and the outer self, and the raising of the moral valuation of the inner self over outer society This emerged only in early modern Europe The third is an evolving concept of dignity, in which recognition is due not just to a narrow class of people, but to everyone The broadening and universalizatiThe modern concept of identity unites three different phenomena The first is thymos, a universal aspect of human personality that craves recognition The second is the distinction between the inner and the outer self, and the raising of the moral valuation of the inner self over outer society This emerged only in early modern Europe The third is an evolving concept of dignity, in which recognition is due not just to a narr...Let me cut to the quick, there are three reasons why I felt this book was inadequate 1 there was little new in it, 2 the author wrongly argues both sides are to blame by appealing to false dichotomies and false framing and 3 his solutions provided would only exasperate the real problem and not make it better.For item 1 , every author should assume that a reader of their book is interested in the topic and wants to learnabout the topic and is obligated to provide the reader something th Let me cut to the quick, there are three reasons why I felt this book was inadequate 1 there was little new in it, 2 the author wrongly argues both sides are to blame by appealing to false dichotomies and false framing and 3 his solutions provided would only exasperate the real problem and not make it better.For item 1 , every author should assume that a reader of their book is interested in the topic and wants to learnabout the topic and is ...3.5After hearing about the book on NPR my husband suggested I read Identity The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment by Frances Fukuyama One thing I appreciated about this book is how the author presents his arguments, explains them, and before he moves on restates his case to that point It really makes it easier for the general reader because this is a theoretical book The author begins with a brief history of the development of id...Fukuyama s latest book is a relatively brief, extended essay form work, that focuses on the history of identity at the personal level and how it is reflected in larger social and political movements This is obviously a very timely subject on which to be writing as it seems everyone has an opinion on this concept and a series of articles and videos of their favorite speakers either railing against the very idea or explaining how all of their opposition just don t understand why someone would fee Fukuyama s latest book is a relatively brief, extended essay form work, that focuses on the history of identity at the personal level and how it is reflected in larger social and political movements This is obviously a very timely subject on which to be writing as it seems everyone has an opinion on this concept and a series of articles and videos of their favorite speakers either railing against the very idea or explaining how all of their opposition just don t understand why someone would feel the need to bolster their identity as their repressors are the very larger identity who remain and have remained dominant for centuries In fact right now I imagine you have a favorite line of Jordan Peterson denouncing the cultural marxism of the academic left which has produced a generation fixated on divisions by race, gender expression, or...Every individual has an impulse to be respected and recognized, says Francis Fukuyama Recognition is a deeply rooted human desire it has been the cause of tyranny, conflicts, and wars, but at the same time, it also acts as a psychological foundation of many virtues, such as courage, justice and the spirit of citizenship.This struggle for recognition, or what today we call identity politics, has become hugely important in the contemporary political discourse Identity grows, writes Fukuyama, o Every individual has an impulse to be respected and recognized, says Francis Fukuyama Recognition is a deeply rooted human desire it has been the cause of tyranny, conflicts, and wars, but at the same time, it also acts as a psychological foundation of many virtues, such as courage, justice and the spirit of citizenship.This struggle for recognition, or what today we call identity politics, has become hugely important in the contemporar...I keep telling myself not to read books by privileged rich men about the problems of our world, then I do exactly that I regret it There are interesting concepts here, some are somewhat useful in the debate on identity and some just drown in Fukuyama s desire to justify himself Let me elaborate There is a point where he goes on about how people misread his controversial and much criticised The End of History and the Last Man, he is telling us how he was not wrong in saying that liberal democr I keep telling myself not to read books by privileged rich men about the problems of our world, then I do exactly that I regret it There are interesting concepts here, some are somewhat useful in the debate on identity and some just drown in Fukuyama s desire to justify himself Let me elaborate There is a point where he goes on about how people misread his controversial and much criticised The End of History and the Last Man, he is telling us ...Fascinating and deep stuff an analysis of everything behind the curtain Fukuyama show how everything hinges together dependencies, relationships, prerequisites, hierarchies, dynamics to produce the world we live in He doesn t cherry pick the data Nobody is immune It s all there the good, bad and the ugly At any moment, this is the outcome we get The one we have to live with The one we need to adapt to The cards you get to play Like it or notwhat it is.And from where I sit Fascinating and deep stuff an analysis of everything behind the curtain Fukuyama show how everything hinges together dependencies, relationships, prerequ...Identifying is innateFrancis Fukuyama Identity starts off very badly, with a bizarre defense of his famous claim that the crumbling of the USSR and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall constituted the end of history Like a Donald Trump who getscriticism than everyone else in the book combined , he doubles down on the statement by claiming what it says is nothing like what he meant He claims to have used a completely different meaning for the word end as in target or objective S Identifying is innateFrancis Fukuyama Identity starts off very badly, with a bizarre defense of his famous claim that the crumbling of the USSR and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall constituted the end of history Like a Dona...

Identity
  • 14 November 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 240 pages
  • 0374129290
  • Francis Fukuyama
  • Identity